(informal) Arkansas State University.

(obsolete) To assume state or dignity.

(US) Existing or occurring within a single US state. / (US) Of or from the state where an institution is located, especially a public or state-funded college or university.

With pomp and ceremony. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, state.

(physics) A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system. / (colloquial, in the singular) A mess; disorder.

(transitive) To declare to be a fact. / (transitive) To make known.

(obsolete) Stately.

Of people: worthy of respect; dignified, regal. / Of movement: deliberate, unhurried; dignified. / Grand, impressive, imposing.

In a stately manner.

A current governing polity. / (often with definite article) The current governing polity under which the speaker lives.